EUR/USD
The EUR rose 0.12% against the USD and closed at 1.2953, after the ZEW economic sentiment index in Germany, Euro-zone’s biggest economy, dropped lesser than expected to 6.9 this month.
Meanwhile, the Euro-zone’s economic sentiment further deteriorated to 14.2 in September, lower than market expectations of a drop to a level of 21.3. In the US, the producer price index registered a rise of 1.8%, on an annual basis, in August, in line with market expectations and compared to a rise of 1.7% in the prior month.
The pair is expected to find support at 1.2919, and a fall through could take it to the next support level of 1.2883. The pair is expected to find its first resistance at 1.2993, and a rise through could take it to the next resistance level of 1.3031. Trading trends in the Euro today are expected to be determined by the Euro-zone’s CPI data, scheduled in a few hours. Meanwhile, investors would keep a close eye on inflation data from the US before the Fed’s interest rate decision, scheduled later in the day.
GBP USD
the GBP rose 0.17% against the USD and closed at 1.6257, after the consumer prices in the UK rebounded strongly in August and registered a rise of 0.4%.
Additionally, the DCLG house price index in the nation rose to a 7-year high, increasing 11.7% on an annual basis in July, beating market expectations for a gain of 10.6%.
The pair is expected to find support at 1.6178, and a fall through could take it to the next support level of 1.6094. The pair is expected to find its first resistance at 1.6329, and a rise through could take it to the next resistance level of 1.6396. Investors would keenly await BoE’s minutes of the latest policy meeting as well as voting pattern of the MPC members, scheduled in a few hours.
USD/JPY
The USD traded marginally higher against the JPY and closed at 107.17.
The BoJ Governor, Haruhiko Kuroda, indicated that the Japanese economy continues to recover moderately and further added that central bank will continue with its quantitative and qualitative easing measures to attend the price stability target of 2.0% as expected.
Former Ministry of Finance official, Eisuke Sakakibara, commented that the Japanese Yen will fall, as wages lag behind inflation on account of higher import costs. The pair is expected to find support at 106.88, and a fall through could take it to the next support level of 106.57. The pair is expected to find its first resistance at 107.42, and a rise through could take it to the next resistance level of 107.66.
USD/CHF
The USD declined 0.27% against the CHF and closed at 0.9331.
The pair is expected to find support at 0.9297, and a fall through could take it to the next support level of 0.9266. The pair is expected to find its first resistance at 0.9362, and a rise through could take it to the next resistance level of 0.9396. Trading trends in the Swiss Franc today would be determined by the ZEW survey data, scheduled in a few hours.